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Help me I.D. a butterfly please

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 aln 12 Jun 2020

Online searching, including the butterfly conservation site hasn't helped. It was about the same size and shape as an Orange Tip, possibly slightly smaller. Forewings were black, rear were red, the shade was about scarlet. No other markings. It was amongst arable farmland in Fife. Does anyone know what this butterfly is called? 

mick taylor 12 Jun 2020
In reply to aln:

Cinnabar Moth ?

 Rob 12 Jun 2020
In reply to aln:

Most probably a Cinnabar moth.

OP aln 12 Jun 2020
In reply to aln:

Definitely not a cinnabar moth but thanks.

mick taylor 12 Jun 2020
In reply to aln:

What was its location?

 jcw 12 Jun 2020
In reply to mick taylor:

Thats a six spot Burnet moth

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mick taylor 12 Jun 2020
In reply to jcw:

Oh no its not....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnabar_moth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-spot_burnet

(just been checking, I'm no expert, or at least wasn't

 Blue Straggler 12 Jun 2020
In reply to aln:

Off on a tangent. Something I put together at work for fun (it is a 100Mb .wmv file that I think needs downloading but you may find that it just plays in your browser. Not sure!). 

Dead butterfly found in wardrobe, and inspected by x-ray computed tomography. 

www.blue-straggler.net/Butterfly%20Animation.wmv

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 FactorXXX 12 Jun 2020
In reply to Blue Straggler:

> Off on a tangent. Something I put together at work for fun (it is a 100Mb .wmv file that I think needs downloading but you may find that it just plays in your browser. Not sure!). 
> Dead butterfly found in wardrobe, and inspected by x-ray computed tomography. 
> www.blue-straggler.net/Butterfly%20Animation.wmv

Had to Copy/Paste/Download to view it.
Well worth it though!

 mack 12 Jun 2020
In reply to Blue Straggler:

I enjoyed that. Have a like!

OP aln 13 Jun 2020
In reply to mick taylor:

> What was its location?

It flew from the edge of a field of wheat, across a farm track, then into grass, nettles etc. at the edge of a field of oilseed rape. 

 Nathan Horwood 13 Jun 2020
In reply to aln:

I think the question was more posed to being a geographical one, and not so literal  

OP aln 13 Jun 2020
In reply to Nathan Horwood:

> I think the question was more posed to being a geographical one

That's in the OP, and mick knows I'm in Fife. I think the details I gave were what he was asking about, given that habitat is useful in butterfly ID. 

mick taylor 13 Jun 2020
In reply to aln:

Correct. I’ve still no idea though, but I like a challenge so it’s game on!  If you keep a close eye on it I’m hoping to be up in Fife in August.....

OP aln 13 Jun 2020
In reply to mick taylor:

> If you keep a close eye on it

If the wee bugger had stayed still for just a second I'd have taken a photo. Hopefully I'll get another sighting, but it's a regular walk and I've only seen it once. 

OP aln 14 Jun 2020
In reply to Flinticus:

The a to z isn't any use unless you know the name. I tried the identifier on that site and that didn't work either. 

 FactorXXX 14 Jun 2020
In reply to aln:

> The a to z isn't any use unless you know the name. I tried the identifier on that site and that didn't work either. 

It might well be a Moth.  In which case, try this:
https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/identify-a-moth

 Flinticus 15 Jun 2020
In reply to aln:

It is. It won't take forever to click on the full list of entries and look at the pics.

 tom r 15 Jun 2020
In reply to Blue Straggler:

That is very cool.

OP aln 16 Jun 2020
In reply to FactorXXX:

That's not it. The fore wings were black, the rear wings were red, no spots, stripes or other markings. 

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